Nelson Mandela
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“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.” -Nelson Mandela
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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” -Nelson Mandela
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“I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa’s leading organization – and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?” -Nelson Mandela
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“I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa’s leading organization – and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.” -Nelson Mandela
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“There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.” -Nelson Mandela
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“I have retired, but if there’s anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.” -Nelson Mandela
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“I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.” -Nelson Mandela
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“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” -Nelson Mandela
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“I am confident that nobody… will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.” -Nelson Mandela
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“There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.” -Nelson Mandela
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“I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.” -Nelson Mandela
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“There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.” -Nelson Mandela
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“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.” -Nelson Mandela
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“There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.” -Nelson Mandela
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“I am confident that nobody… will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” -Nelson Mandela
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“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.” -Nelson Mandela
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“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.” -Nelson Mandela
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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” -Nelson Mandela
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” -Nelson Mandela
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“I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.” -Nelson Mandela
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